This is a list of television programmes which were broadcast on the children's television strand The Den of RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland from 1986 until its conclusion.

Creature Feature Éanna ni Lamhna presented Creature Feature. It had a nature theme.

Draw with Don Each week Don Conroy would arrive at the studio to draw a picture (often of his beloved owls) or read from one of his children's books. The Den presenter, on his own sketchpad, would typically try to mimic Don's style; he would inevitably fail to match Don. Towards the end, Don would show the viewers a selection of drawings sent to him over the course of that week.

Echo Island

Echo Island —a "children's magazine" show along the lines of Blue Peter—first aired in 1994. It ran three days a week for the first season, adding an extra programme at the start of the second season in September 1995, with two in English and the other two as Gaeilge. It was renamed Echo in 1999 (for its final season). Original hosts were Derek Mooney and Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh. Comedian Dara Ó Briain, who has since become recognisable abroad, spent most of his RTÉ career on Echo Island from 1995 onwards. Carrie Crowley joined the show in 1996, later achieving global recognition by presenting Eurovision Song Contest 1997.

FISH

An acronym for Friday It Starts Here, this was a weekly show presented by Danann Breathnach and Louise Loughman during the Den2 era.

The Grip Ryle Nugent presented this sports programme from 1994 until 1998.

Happy Birthday Every day (even on Christmas Day), photographs of children would roll along the screen commemorating their birthdays, after which a music video would be shown.

Pop Gossip Simon Young, a former disc jockey with RTÉ 2fm, would present a weekly popular music news chat with Dempsey and D'Arcy. Emma Ledden succeeded Young in the mid-1990s; from there she transferred to MTV Europe in the late 1990s.

Stream Five of these aired, each on a different day of the week.

Mondays had Quiz Stream. In Quiz Stream, two teams of three boys or three girls faced each other. The first to answer six questions correctly (spelling out S-T-R-E-A-M in lights before them) won. Tuesdays had Pet Stream and, later, Style Stream Wednesdays had Cyber Stream. Star Stream would presumably therefore have been on Thursdays. Fridays had Sports Stream.

The Works Mary Kingston presented The Works on Wednesdays between 17:00 and 17:30 (just before Spider-Man).

The Yes-No Game Show

The Yes-No Game Show ran from roughly 1995 to 1998 and happened twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Two children would partake in this, seated behind a desk upon which lay a selection of their favourite soft toys, which would be introduced in advance. The children would attempt to answer questions on themselves without the use of "Yes" or "No". If they lasted a desirable length, many prizes would be bestowed upon them, including the coveted Yes-No Game Show winners' mug. If they stumbled into a "Yes" or a "No" they received all the prizes anyway, apart from the mug. This was later part of Dustin's Daily News, running for a few weeks at a time before a break.

Various successor quizzes featured on The Den, including The Furry Green Telly Quiz and The Furry Blue Telly Quiz. When the Furry Green Telly Quiz "stopped", there was a running gag that Dustin was working on a new quiz which promised to be bigger and better. This new quiz was kept under wraps and hidden under a blanket at the back of the studio. Finally, after much anticipation, Dustin proudly unveiled the new game... The Furry Blue Telly Quiz. There was also The Big Bus Quiz. During the Den2 era there were also holiday-themed "challenges" (e.g. a Pumpkin Challenge at Halloween, a Mince Pie Challenge at Christmas, an Easter Egg Challenge at Easter). Viewers would telephone in and pick from a selection of the eponymous challenges, laid out and numbered on the desk in front of Damo, to reveal a prize.

Imported programming

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius The Adventures of Paddington Bear The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Adventures on Kythera The All-New Popeye Show Alvin and the Chipmunks The Angry Beavers The Animals of Farthing Wood Animaniacs Anthony Ant Around the World with Willy Fogg Babar Baby Follies (dubbed into Irish with the title Tír na hÓige, later aired on TG4) Back to the Future Bananas in Pyjamas Barney and Friends Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond The Beachcombers Bear in the Big Blue House Bernard's Watch Biker Mice from MarsShown as recently as 2008, according to The Irish Times, 31 December 2008, p.31. Bob the Builder Bouli Braceface Bump in the Night Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandShown as recently as 2009, according to the Irish Daily Mirrors "We Love Telly", 26 June 2009, p.II. CaillouShown as recently as 2008, according to the Irish Independent, 4 November 2008, p.36. Captain Planet Cardcaptor Sakura Cardcaptors Care Bears CatDog Cockleshell Bay Count Duckula Darkwing Duck Dastardly and Muttley Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996 series) Dexter's Laboratory Digimon Dogtanian and the Three MuskehoundsThe Star. 13 September 2001, p. 28 Doug Dream Street The Dreamstone Ed, Edd n Eddy Edward and Friends The Elephant Show Fantastic Four (1978 series) Fireman Sam The Flintstones Franklin The Fruitties George Shrinks The Real Ghostbusters Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs He-Man and the Masters of the Universe The Henderson Kids Hey Arnold! Histeria! Hokey Wolf The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats The Huckleberry Hound Show Hurricanes Inspector Gadget Into the Labyrinth Iznogoud James Bond Jr. The Jetsons Jim Henson's Animal Show Johnny Bravo Jumanji Kenan & Kel Kipper The Legend of the Hidden City Little Bear Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Magic Adventures of Mumfie The Magic School Bus Maisy The Mask: Animated Series Medabots Mega Man Microsoap Mighty Max Moomin (1990 series) Mopatop's Shop Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book Mr. Men and Little Miss The New Woody Woodpecker Show Noah's Island Oakie Doke Pelswick The Pink Panther Show Pinky and the Brain Pippi Longstocking Pocket Dragon Adventures Pokémon; Indigo League Potamus Park Power Rangers Lost Galaxy Princess Sissi A Pup Named Scooby-Doo The Raccoons The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Renford Rejects Roger and the Rottentrolls Rolie Polie Olie Rotten Ralph Round the Twist Rugrats Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Sandokan Saved by the Bell Sesame Street Shaun the SheepShown as recently as 2009, according to the Irish Independent Weekend magazine, 5 January 2009, p.54. She-Ra: Princess of Power Sheeep Shinzo Sidekicks The Silver Brumby SilverHawks Sister, SisterShown as recently as 2009, according to the Irish Independent Weekend magazine, 6 January 2009, p.58. Skippy the Bush Kangaroo The Smurfs Stingray Superman Superman: The Animated Series SuperTed Taz-Mania Teenage Mutant Hero TurtlesShown as recently as 2009, according to the Irish Independent, 2 January 2009, p.36. (1987 series) Thomas & Friends Thundercats The Tick Timbuctoo Tiny Toon Adventures Titch Tom and Jerry Kids Toonimals! The Toothbrush Family Tots TV Touché Turtle and Dum Dum Tugs The Wild Thornberrys William's Wish Wellingtons The Wind in the Willows The Wiggles Wisdom of the Gnomes Wishbone Woof! The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends The Worst Witch X-Men Yoho Ahoy Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Summer

Initially, The Den broke for the summer months, returning when children went back to school in September. From 1996 to 1997, The Swamp replaced The Den as a weekday strand during the summer. Mossy Ferguson, Rory and Rasher Bacon presented The Swamp. The Swamp took place in a chip-van and later a shop. The cast were involved in plots, such as saving Rasher from an eagle and getting rid of a vampire. Skelly, a talking skeleton, made several guest appearances on the show. In 1997–1998, The Swamp was aired on Saturdays and Sundays, while The Den was broadcast on weekdays. Although The Swamp proved a successful venture, RTÉ cancelled it in May 1998, much to the disappointment of its fans.

In its latter years, The Den remained on air during the summer. However, there were often either replacement presenters (Aidan Power and a girl called Aoileann, for example) and/or weeks when there was no live presentation.

Another earlier summer replacement for The Den aired for one summer between 26 June and 1 September 1995. This was Jump Around, presented by Joe Rooney with the assistance of Agnes Detortois.

Morning

Initially, The Den aired only in the afternoons. Then came Soky's Big Little Morning Show, with Soky and Geri Maye.

TV specials

Christmas The Christmas period was noted for having two specials, one bizarrely overdramatic one on Christmas Eve and another slightly more realistic and rational one on Christmas Day. The Den was the only TV programme (besides the news) to be broadcast live around Ireland on Christmas Day.

During December, The Den would go off air for a few days, during which the Christmas special (to be broadcast on Christmas Eve) would be filmed. This almost always involved a trip to Lapland and an improbable but amusing plot in which the cast had to somehow save Christmas, often having to rescue Santa Claus from some perilous event. Children with serious illnesses would often accompany the cast, as an extension of their Make a Wish programme. The elves would be shown at work as they prepared for the events of Christmas Eve and Socky might feed carrots to the reindeer. In the earlier days, RTÉ newsreader Vere Wynne-Jones would often be given a cameo role reading a newsflash concerning Zig and Zag (Zig was given one last chance by Santa to be good one year, or Christmas would be cancelled), or the mysterious disappearance of Santa Claus.

The Christmas special would be given a prime time slot on RTÉ 1. One such Christmas programme managed to coincide with one of the most important events of the twentieth century. In December 1991, The Den crew went to Moscow to film their special, which was perfectly calm, as one would expect for a children's Christmas special. By Christmas Day, as The Den was being shown, the Soviet Union had just conveniently collapsed into chaos, with its remaining contingent states declaring independence. On another occasion the evil Podge (now a reformed individual with a background as a highly successful talk show co-host) tried to thwart Santa and jeopardise Christmas by locking him inside a large wooden cabinet in his own house. Ray D'Arcy and others from the cast very conveniently happened upon the scene just as time was running out and Santa availed of their presence to scuttle off to his workshops to save Christmas. On another occasion the problem was a depressed Rudolph, whose nose had lost its legendary shine, thus giving Santa the difficulty of having no method of finding his way through the night sky.